The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-18
FI,ORIDA'S OUTLOOK.
FER rHRIvING TOWNS AND BUSI-
NESS CENTRES.

cood Vegetable Crops-heal Estate
| Adyancing-A Prosperous Bank
Now Merchantile Firms-The Place
I,,,nroving - Tampa - Wonderful
cbanges-Street Cars Run by Steam
a cosmopolitan Town-Ybor City
4 Amazing Progress and Statistics-v.
4 Mortinez Ybor the Master Spirit
cigar Factories and Their Production
A Contented People-Mr. Plants Re-
cention- Kissimmee-All About Kis-
siromee-A New Country-Lakeland,
i Etc.
vour scribe closed his last letter at Dade
ks+v Init before continuing his course to the
kuf must detain the reader for brief
b,ace in the charming town of Eustis. And
Pero he would again premise that these are
Sot by any means designed to be elaborate
txetches Of the several places mentioned
In of which have already received due at
kention at our hands,, but simply to note
heir present status and the more salient
improvements and changes wrought during
he mast twelve months. Wefound pleasant
quarters at st. Georges Cottage, which,
nder the careful supervision of the gentle
$rotrietress Mrs. G.. A. Slaton, has become
fayorite resort of the wayfarer And
here at once, we plunge IN n1ediGS res, and
Seclare that the great drawback to the pro-
ress of this admirably located and hand
oodations >for the invalid and tourist.
happily, as informed by the intelligent
Favor. Hon. G. II. Edwards, all the "neces-
ary steps have been taken to remedy this
4 Northern company has been organized
ritb ample capital who have about COM
Sleted all needed arrangements for the
peedy erection of a
MAMMOTH BRICK HOTEL,
Fhich the architect told the writer would
"a even larger and more imposing than the
New Everett at Jacksonville. If the half
II this be true land there is no reason to
3oubt the statemenH this little city, which
Restles along the heights that overlook the
blacid waters of the lovely lake for which
was named, has a bright future
before it, The town was settled by
Immigrants from the West, rnany of them
possessed Of considerable means and WELD
ne an extensive influence at home Not
lew of their friends, it is confidently be-
feyed, when they can be comfortably
7pdged and provided for, will visit Eustis,
4nd by their investments add vastly to
HE wealth and Importance OF the commu-
nity.
q The truck farmers are making money by
HE sale Of their vegetables, and the opinion
becoming general that this and other
portions of the State that were able to with
<tand the cold of the past two winters, will
hereafter be in greater request than ever
BY those seeking homes and farms in this
tenial cline. Indeed, recent transactions
b real estate around Eustis show that the
boom has already commenced.
q The city fathers, too, are making adj
%itional plank sidewalks and crossings to
he streets, and everything betokens busy
Eli season. New railroad connections in
he near future will likewise enhance the
[eneral prosperity.
4 The Bank of Eustis, with paid-up stock
& 5000, can show deposits to the amount
II $4,000
"a The following firms did not appear in our
hst years sketch of Eustis: Dry goods and
hoes, FerTan, Moore & Bro. furniture, E. G..
Keys; hardware and undertakers' goods,
Dewitt & Gilmer.
n Mr.. T. T. jackson, late of the firm of Jack
<on & Shepherd, dealers in hardware, has
bid out, but will embark Immediately in
business again, probably in the plumbing
Charles T. Smith, late of G. T. Smith &
Eo., has bought out his partners, and is now
he sole owner of his handsome stock of gen.
ral merchandise.
Under the editorial management of Col.
Hamilton Jay the Eustis Lake Region,
lways good paper, has been greatly i'm
proved. In short, everything wears cheer
ul aspect here, and many new residences
baye been erected during the past year. A
picturesque and romantic spot of ground ON
ha hor1lyc .@ff 1alv 60, iii Il.
phil probably ere long add to the attractions
bf the town. A swift and safe ride over the
Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West rail
road soon placed the writer in
TAMPA,
Pie rising metropolis of the Gulf Here
Twelve months had accomplished the most
wonderful transformations in the appear
hnce and prospects of the town. The steam
propelled cars of the street railroad were ply
ng to and fro constantly from the wharves
70 Ybor City, usually well filled with
Passengers, and adding vastly to the convent
ence and advantage of the people. A stranger
on board is Immediately struck with the COS
|mopolitan character of the place as evinced
|by the number of foreigners to be seen. His
|earS are greeted with very babel of sounds
coming from the lips of Spaniards, French
|men, Italians and Germans, all jabbering
away with the greatest animation, and each
|nearlng upon his face and person the pecu-
PARTIES OF his individual nationality. The
TACT that. you have reached a maritime
Town becomes at once apparent. All along
the streets too, scores of houses in process of
erection may be seen, and new industries are
|sprlnglng up on every side. That portion
o. the city around and beyond the st.
James Hotel, which was
TANGLED THICKET
one year ago, has since been cleared and is
tnckly studded with neat dwellings, includ-
i1lg church and several stores, and is rap
Ioly becoming an important business centre.
AS an evidence, too, of the increased growth
" tne place, the Palmetto Hotel, under the
caharge OF the proprietors, Messrs. Fleharty
q q roster, will be kept open all summer, and
u IIe same Is true also of the Orange Grove
dTpuse, owned and managed by Mr.. S. A.
zones, and, If we remember right, the Col
iinS House likewise. Hitherto the stanch
and reliable old
ST. JAMES,
under the management of its clever and
popular host, Capt. White which is still
most literally and deservedlN patronized,
was almost the only regular hotel that did
not close in the summer months.
But the most striking proof of the solid
growth OF Tampa is to be found in the nu-
nervous and substantial blocks of brick build
11igs That have been projected and completed
u W. ,g the past year. During that period
FOURTEEN ELEGANT STORES
nave Go been erected, and many of them are
tsx..lw..